Barriers to rotation of the dimethylamino group in some 2-amino-4-(N,N-dimethylamino)pyrimidines

The free energy of activation for rotation about the exocyclic C? N bond of the dimethylamino group of some 6-substituted 2-amino-4-(N,N-dimethylamino)pyrmidines has been determined using ¹H NMR line shape analysis. The results are discussed in terms of the relative electron-withdrawing and electron-releasing effects of the substituents.     

Studies in nuclear magnetic resonance—IX. Rotational barriers in substituted N,N-dimethylbenzamides

The barriers to rotation about the C? N bond in eighteen substituted N,N-dimethylbenzamides have been determined by complete line shape analysis of the NMR spectra of the N,N-dimethyl protons. The barriers have been correlated with the substituent constants σ and σ⁺. It has been shown that polar solvents increase the barrier in N,N-dimethylbenzamide. Acid catalysis of rotation about the amide C? N bond in N-(p-N,N-dimethylcarboxamidobenzyl)-pyridinium bromide has been investigated. ¹⁸O exchange studies show that catalysis is due to N-protonation rather than the formation of a tetrahedral intermediate. The rate of rotation is a function of the Hammett acidity function, H₀, and the water activity, and it is shown that proton exchange between the N- and O-protonated species involves the intermediacy of a water molecule. The differences in chemical shifts for the non-equivalent N, N-dimethyl groups of the benzamides are also a function of the substituents. Possible explanations of this phenomenon are discussed.     

Sels de Pyrylium. XVIII. Etude par RMN du Carbone-13 de Sels d'Aminopyrylium et des Barrières de Rotation dans quelques Cations N,N-Diméthylaminopyrylium

The C-2—N bond of 2-N,N-dimethylaminopyrylium cations has a partial π character due to the conjugation of the nitrogen lone-pair with the ring. The values of ΔG^≠, ΔH^≠, ΔS^≠ parameters related to the corresponding hindered rotation have been determined by ¹³C NMR total bandshape analysis. This conjugation decreases the electrophilic character of carbon C-4 so that the displacement of the alkoxy group is no longer possible. Such a hindered rotation also exists in 4-N,N-dimethylaminopyrylium cations and the corresponding ΔG^≠ parameters have been evaluated. Comparison of these two cationic species shows that hindered rotation around the C—N bond is larger in position 4 than in position 2. Furthermore, the barrier to internal rotation around the C-2? N bond decreases with increasing electron donating power of the substituent at position 4. ΔG^≠ values decreases from 19.1 kcal mol^?1 (79.9 kJ mol^?1) to 12.6 kcal mol^?1 (52.7 kJ mol^?1) according to the following sequence for the R-4 substituents: -C₆H₅, -CH₃, -OCH₃, -N(CH₃)₂.     

ESR study of N-acyl-N-alkyl nitroxide radicals from photolysis of N-nitrosoamides

A new method of generation of N-acyl-N-alkyl nitroxide radicals by photolysis of N-nitrosoamides is described. ESR parameters are reported for 17 radicals of the general formula R? CO? N(R′)O^.; the high resolution obtained allows conformational analysis which shows a preferred trans conformation around the CO? N bond and hindered rotation around the N? R′ σ-bond.     

Hindered rotation in the N(2,2,2-trichlorocarboethoxy)nortropanes. An NMR study

A rarely occurring type of hindered rotation was observed by ¹H NMR in some N?(2,2,2?trichlorocarboethoxy)nortropanes. A complete lineshape analysis gave the activation energy E_a = 56.9 kJ mol^?1 for the rotation around the CH₂O? CO bond.     

Barriers to rotation about C?N bonds—I: Rotation about the C?N bond in mono-, di- and trifluoroacetamide,and deuterium isotope effects upon 19F shielding

The ¹⁹F NMR spectra of mono- and difluoroacetamide are used to derive the activation parameters for rotation about the C? N bond; it is not possible to obtain useful results for trifluoroacetamide. A total line shape analysis is used. Unusually large deuterium isotope effects upon the shielding of the ¹⁹F nucleus are observed for N-deuterated derivatives. The magnitude of the isotope effect is different for mono-, di- and trifluoroacetamides, and in the mono-deuterated species the isotope effect is different for cis and trans rotational isomers.     

Facile P−C/C−H Bond‐Cleavage Reactivity of Nickel Bis(diphosphine) Complexes

Unusual cleavage of P?C and C?H bonds of the P₂N₂ ligand, in heteroleptic [Ni(P₂N₂)(diphosphine)]²⁺ complexes under mild conditions, results in the formation of an iminium formyl nickelate featuring a C,P,P‐tridentate coordination mode. The structures of both the heteroleptic [Ni(P₂N₂)(diphosphine)]²⁺ complexes and the resulting iminium formyl nickelate have been characterized by NMR spectroscopy and single‐crystal X‐ray diffraction analysis. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations were employed to investigate the mechanism of the P?C/C?H bond cleavage, which involves C?H bond cleavage, hydride rotation, Ni?C/P?H bond formation, and P?C bond cleavage.     

N.m.r. studies of the keto–enol tautomerism of acylthioacetamides

Acetylthioacetamides exist as different keto and enol isomers in chloroform solutions. The keto form with intramolecular hydrogen bonding between the NH and the carbonyl group is the dominant keto isomer. On the other hand the enol forms with intramolecular hydrogen bonding between the OH and the thioketo group are the dominant enol isomers in the temperature range 60°C to ?60°C. The thermodynamic data of the keto-enol equilibria were obtained by measuring the intensities of appropriate high resolution proton signals as a function of temperature. At low temperatures all lines characteristic of the enol forms are doubled in the N-phenyl-substituted derivatives because the rotation of the NH? C₆H₅ group around the C? N bond becomes slow and the chemical shifts characteristic of the E and Z isomers are different. We estimated approximate thermodynamic data of the E/Z equilibrium in some of the compounds. The changes of the line shape as well as the chemical shifts as a function of temperature indicate the presence of various additional exchange processes. In order to obtain further information we performed curve fittings of the chemical shifts of one acetylthioacetanilide and of a series of monothio-β-diketones (studied in another paper) assuming a fast two site exchange process. On the basis of the results obtained a reaction scheme for N-substituted acylthioacetanilides in solution is proposed.     

Protonenresonanz-Untersuchungen an N,N-Dialkylaminoboranen. Substituentenabhängigkeit der Rotationsbarriere um die N?B-Bindung 1,2

The substituent dependence of the rotation barriers around the N? B bond in a series of N,N-dialkylaminoboranes was investigated by NMR. It was found that (1) there is a significant dependence on the size of the substituent, which arises from a ‘steric hindrance of mesomerism’ and (2) in certain cases exceptional facilitation of rotation occurs when alkyl groups on the boron atom are replaced by a chlorine atom or a second amino group. The lowering of the rotation barrier by about 10 kcal/mole in bisamino compounds compared with the corresponding monoamino compounds is explained on the basis of a lowering of the double bond character of each N? B bond owing to the participation of two N-atoms in the mesomerism of the ground state. This effect is much larger with amino groups than with chlorine atoms.     

1H NMR studies of intramolecular hydrogen bonding in N-(pyridyl)amides of 6-methylpicolinic acid N-oxide

The ¹H NMR spectra of seven N-(pyridyl)amides of 6-methylpicolinic acid N-oxide in chloroform were obtained. The influence on the chemical shifts of the N? H protons of temperature, concentration and the CH₃ substituent in the pyridine ring was studied. The N? H protons were found to be shifted to low fields (～14 ppm) owing to the formation of strong intramolecular hydrogen bonding. The influence of the pyridine ring on the chemical shift of the N? H proton is comparable with the inductive effect of the p-nitrophenyl group. The hindered rotation around the N-pyridyl bond of N-(α-pyridyl)amides of 6-methylpicolinic acid in solution is discussed.     

Stable conformations of N,N,N′,N′- tetraisopropylthiuram disulphide and monosulphide found in low temperature 1H N.m.r. spectra

¹H N.m.r. spectra of N,N,N′,N′-tetraisopropylthiuram disulphide and monosulphide in CS₂ suggested that internal rotations both around the carbamate C? N and isopropyl–nitrogen bonds are restricted at low temperatures. As a result, both compounds exist as two dl pairs of isomers with respect to rotation around the isopropyl–nitrogen bond. The spectra further suggest that one pair of the isomers is subdivided into two sets of dl pairs, possibly owing to the restriction of torsion of the two carbamate planes with respect to each other. Possible conformations of these three dl pairs of isomers are proposed, and the assignments of each proton signal are described.     

Hindered rotation about the amido N?C bond and the tautomeric equilibrium in N,N-dimethylacetoacetamide

The molecule N,N-dimethylacetoacetamide, which is subject to a keto–enol equilibrium process in solution, also exhibits hindered rotation about the amido N? C bond. The hindered rotation rates have been studied by lineshape fit methods of the nuclear magnetic resonance spectra. In spite of some overlap of the keto and enol N-methyl proton signals, the simultaneous measurement of the two distinct energy barriers in the two forms is possible as well as a determination of the keto–enol equilibrium. The differences in free energy of activation between keto and enol forms for the rotation barrier can be related to the conjugation energy of the N? C π system with the enolic hydrogen bonded ring. Appeal to the model compound acetylacetone reveals a consistent set of energies for the keto and enol forms in the ground and transition states for internal rotation. The opportunity has been taken to reexamine and compare the keto–enol system ethylacetoacetate. Long range, solvent, concentration and temperature sensitive scalar couplings ⁴J(HH) between the enolic –OH and the adjacent methyl group in acetoacetic ester have not hitherto been reported.     

NMR and X‐ray structural studies on 3‐benzyl‐8‐bromoadenine

8‐Bromoadenine was benzylated in the presence of base to give a mixture of two regioisomers. One was easily recognized as 9‐benzyl‐8‐bromoadenine, but the other structure could not be determined with absolute certainty by NMR. Therefore, X‐ray crystallography was used to prove that the benzyl group was attached to N‐3. Furthermore, it is shown that the 3‐benzyl adenine derivative exists as the amine tautomer both in the crystalline state as well as in solution (DMSO‐d₆), with restricted rotation around the N⁶? C6 bond. J. Heterocyclic Chem., (2011).     

[Pd(Fmes)2(tmeda)]: A Case of Intermittent C?H⋅⋅⋅F?C Hydrogen‐Bond Interaction in Solution

The X‐ray structure of the title compound [Pd(Fmes)₂(tmeda)] (Fmes=2,4,6‐tris(trifluoromethyl)phenyl; tmeda=N,N,N′,N′‐tetramethylethylenediamine) shows the existence of uncommon C? H???F? C hydrogen‐bond interactions between methyl groups of the TMEDA ligand and ortho‐CF₃ groups of the Fmes ligand. The ¹⁹F NMR spectra in CD₂Cl₂ at very low temperature (157 K) detect restricted rotation for the two ortho‐CF₃ groups involved in hydrogen bonding, which might suggest that the hydrogen bond is responsible for this hindrance to rotation. However, a theoretical study of the hydrogen‐bond energy shows that it is too weak (about 7 kJ mol^?1) to account for the rotational barrier observed (ΔH^≠=26.8 kJ mol^?1), and it is the steric hindrance associated with the puckering of the TMEDA ligand that should be held responsible for most of the rotational barrier. At higher temperatures the rotation becomes fast, which requires that the hydrogen bond is continuously being split up and restored and exists only intermittently, following the pulse of the conformational changes of TMEDA.     

Rotational barriers in bisadducts of 1-cyano-1-methylethyl radicals with nitrones and nitroso compounds

The temperature-dependent ¹H NMR spectra have been measured for the bisadducts 2a and 3 of 1-cyano-1-methylethyl radicals with α-phenyl-N-benzylnitrone [N-(benzylidene)benzylamine N-oxide] and nitrosobenzene, respectively. A free energy of activation of ΔG^≠ = 62.8 ～ 64.4 kJ mol^?1 (15.0 ～ 15.4 kcal/mol) at 24 ～ 45 °C has been obtained for 2a by applying the Eyring equation to the rate constants at the coalescence points of the methyl signals. The line shapes due to four methyl signals exchanging between two sites of equal population have been simulated by the theoretical calculation to give an activation enthalpy of 52.3 kJ mol^?1 (12.5 kcal/mol) and the corresponding entropy of ?39.3 J K^?1 mol^?1 for 3. As the inversion barriers at pyramidal nitrogens of hydroxylamine derivatives should be lowered in N-phenyl derivatives because of conjugation, the rate process which is responsible for the observed temperature dependent NMR spectra can be assigned to restricted rotation around one of the skeletal C? N? O? C bonds. The relevance of the results to the conformations of nitroxides derived from the spin trapping method using α-phenyl-N-t-butylnitrone [N-(benzylidene)-t-butylamine N-oxide] and nitroso spin traps is discussed.     

A line width method for determining chemical exchange rates from NMR spectra

The applicability of W_½, the line-width at one-half height corrected for field inhomogeneity and couplings, for characterization of nuclear magnetic resonance line shapes generated by exchange averaging of chemical shifts has been investigated for the case P_A = P_B. The Gutowsky-Holm equation, simplified by the assumption of a large T₂º such that T${}_{\text{2}}^{\text{º?1}}$ = 0, was used to produce a family of curves relating W_½ corrected to the rate of exchange for various Δv_AB values. The rate of internal rotation about the C? N amide bond has been studied in neat N,N-dimethyl-formamide between 79·5 and 159° by the W_½ method and the results, E_a = 24·9 and 24·1 Kcal/mole at 60 and 100 MHz do not agree with those recently reported by Rabinovitz and Pines, E_a = 20·5 Kcal/mole obtained by the total line shape method. For neat N,N-dimethylacetamide and for solutions of DMA in dimethylsulfoxide-d₆, application of the W_½ method yielded E_a, ΔH? and ΔS? values which are in excellent agreement with those obtained by Neuman and Jonas for DMA-d^ε using a total line shape analysis. The thermodynamic parameters for neat N,N-dimethylcarbamoyl chloride obtained by the total line shape and W_½ methods are also in excellent agreement, 16·4 and 16·8 Kcal/mole for E_a and 15·8 and 16·2 Kcal/mole for ΔH?, respectively. The W_½ method was also used for the determination of the activation parameters for rotation about the carbon-nitrogen bond in the following thioamides: N,N-dimethylthiobenzamide, (E_a = 19.8 Kcal/mole), N,N-diethylthiobenzamide, (E_a = 20·4 Kcal/mole), N,N-dimethylphenylthio-acetamide (E_a = 21·4 Kcal/mole). The results obtained for these thioamides are compared with the corresponding amides. Specifically N,N-dimethylbenzamide and N,N-diethylbenzamide were studied using the W_½ method and activation energies for rotation about the carbon-nitrogen bond of 17·5 and 15·6 Kcal/mole, respectively, were found. The relative magnitudes of these parameters are discussed on the basis of molecular geometry of the thioamides. Attention is drawn to the fact that for structurally related amides and thioamides, the barrier heights for internal rotation are not greatly different.     

Metallderivate von Molekülverbindungen. VII. Bis[1,2-bis(dimethylamino)ethan-N,N′]lithium-disilylphosphanid — Synthese und Struktur

Metal Derivatives of Molecular Compounds. VII. Bis[1,2-bis(dimethylamino)ethane-N,N′]lithium Disilylphosphanide — Synthesis and Structure Crystalline lithium phosphanides studied so far show a remarkably high diversity of structure types dependent on the ligands at lithium and the substituents at phosphorus. Bis[1,2-bis(dimethylamino)ethane-N,N′]lithium disilylphosphanide ( 1 ) discussed here, belongs to the up to now small group of compounds which are ionic in the solid state. It is best prepared from silylphosphane by twofold lithiation with lithium dimethylphosphanide first and subsequent monosilylation with silyl trifluoromethanesulfonate, followed by complexation. As found by X-ray structure determination (wR = 0.038) on crystals obtained from diethyl ether {monoclinic; space group P2₁/c; a = 897.8(1); b = 1 673.6(2); c = 1 466.8(1) pm; β = 90.73(1)° at ?100 ± 3°C; Z = 4 formula units}, the lithium cation is tetrahedrally coordinated by four nitrogen atoms of two 1,2-bis(dimethylamino)ethane molecules. Characteristic parameters of the disilylphosphanide anion are a shortened average P? Si bond length of 217 pm (standard value 225 pm) and a Si? P? Si angle of 92.3°.     

Pd‐Catalyzed Ring Assembly by Vinylation and Intramolecular Heck Coupling: A Versatile Strategy Towards Functionalized Azadibenzocyclooctynes

A new modular approach based on Pd‐catalyzed C? C bond formation is presented for the assembly of a benzannulated azocine scaffold, the key intermediate in the synthesis of functionalized azadibenzocyclooctynes (aza‐DIBOs). The intramolecular ring‐closing Heck coupling was investigated by variation of the C? X bond. The reaction rate is limited by the initial oxidative addition step and the regiochemistry strongly depends on the auxiliary phosphine. Under optimized conditions, the 8‐endo regioisomer was obtained in 71 % yield over two steps (with no protecting group chemistry) or in one pot, inclusive of C? N bond formation. The practical generation of the octyne triple bond of a prototypical N‐benzoyl aza‐DIBO, without the need for chromatographic purification, is also described. The structural features, including those of the ring‐strained cyclic octyne, were elucidated by NMR spectroscopy and X‐ray crystallographic analysis. The high reactivity of the N‐benzoyl aza‐DIBO synthesized is demonstrated in a strain‐promoted azide–alkyne cycloaddition reaction with an alkyl azide (k=0.38 M ^?1 s^?1).     

Recherches par resonance magnetique nucleaire sur les rotations empechees—IV: Determination des parametres d'activation associes a l'interconversion des isomeres de rotation autour de la liaison ?C?C? dans la serie des composes carbonyles vinyliques β-amines

Restricted rotation around the C? C bond in the O?C? C?C? N system is responsible of the s-cis and s-trans conformers as shown by the NMR spectra of vinylogous amides (CH₃)₂N? CH?CH? CO? R. Substituent effect (nature of R) is discussed in terms of conformational equilibrium. Theoretical line shapes have been computed and fit reasonably well with the experimental spectra; activation functions were also derived.     

The effect of solvents on the 13C NMR chemical shifts of the carbonyl carbon and the rotational barriers of N,N-dimethylbenzamide

The ¹³C solvent induced chemical shifts (SICS) of the carbonyl carbon and the thermodynamic barriers to rotation about the C? N bond of N,N-dimethylbenzamide are linearly related to the solvent parameter, E_T(30). A multi-parametric solvent parameter approach indicates that the SICS are influenced equally by polar effects and hydrogen-bond donor effects. Rotational barriers for N,N-dimethylbenzamide may, in principle, be determined by measurement of the ¹³C chemical shift of the carbonyl carbon in a particular solvent.